It was the unequivocal symbol of success: a lavish four-day wedding on the Côte d’Azur, a guest list that included Naomi Campbell, Rio Ferdinand and Anthony Joshua, performances by Mariah Carey and Andrea Bocelli who serenaded the bride with a full orchestra as she walked down the aisle. But the results published this week make … Read more
Dressed in layers of denim, Sadlin Charles walks the sand catwalk among piles of discarded clothes and tires in Chile’s Atacama Desert. His outfit is made from items found in the surrounding waste piles, which are so large they are visible from space. Nearly all of this waste comes from countries thousands of miles away, … Read more
The world cannot afford fast fashion. That is the conclusion of new research from Vestiaire Collective, the leading global platform for second-hand luxury fashion. More from WWD The report claims that in addition to fast fashion’s devastating climate impacts, it is a mistaken idea that fast fashion is more affordable. As price barriers remain a … Read more
PARIS — It may seem unusual that Australian director Eva Orner, who took home an Oscar for her expose on American interrogation practices during the war in Afghanistan, would turn her lens on the fashion industry. In the new documentary ‘Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion’, Orner examines the toxic management culture of … Read more
NOT SO FAST: France has ultra-fast fashion players such as Shein and Temu in its sights with new legislation. The country’s parliament unanimously passed a bill on Thursday that would ban advertising and impose fines on cheap imports into the country. It is the first step before the bill will ultimately be voted on in … Read more
PARIS — “That’s it, I’m taking a vacation.” After 28 years, 80-plus collections, more than 10,000 designs and his first retrospective, Andrew Gn offers the fashion world au-revoir, he told WWD exclusively. More from WWD “It’s been a very long time and I think I’m at the peak of my career. I have done a … Read more